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> For the briefest moment in March 2014, Facebook’s dominance looked under threat. Ello, amid much hype, presented itself as the non-corporate alternative to Fa
by dasil003 9y ago
> For the briefest moment in March 2014, Facebook’s dominance looked under threat. Ello, amid much hype, presented itself as the non-corporate alternative to Facebook.
Okay, this is a terrible opener. Ello never appeared to have any greater traction than as a hipster fad, much less posing a material threat to Facebook.
Also, you can not nationalise any of the companies listed, because they are not British nor of Commonwealth country origin. Perhaps we could nationalize, but that's not really Trump's style.
- corobo 9y agoYeah I think I registered on Ello just to get my preferred username if it did become popular (after missing out on early Twitter) and haven't really thought about it until just now
- aestetix 9y agoWhen Ello first arrived, I saw it as a very welcome competitor to Twitter/Facebook, and was using it. The questions of "how will Ello make enough money to survive?" came up. I was one of the vocal supporters of a paid account, as I would gladly pay them $5 a month just to help them continue to exist. In the end they took money from VCs, at which point I promptly stopped using them. I can't speak for anyone else, but their move to take VC money instead of my money is largely what killed their traction for me.
- smarinov 9y agoYeah, I agree. Most of us haven't even heard of it until now…